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1881 census place

Skerne surnames in the 1881 census

This page ranks surnames recorded in Skerne, Yorkshire in 1881. The total column counts people with each surname in the district or town. Frequency and index show whether the surname was unusually common locally.

Place summary

16 surnames are listed for Skerne, Yorkshire, covering 50 people in the local records.

The leading surname here is Petch, with 7 people recorded in 1881.

Most common surnames in Skerne

Small places can have high concentration scores even when the raw count is modest. The index column helps separate genuinely local surnames from names that simply appear in large numbers everywhere.

#SurnameTotalIndex
1Petch7897.44x
2Hance62727.27x
3Escritt58333.33x
4Fairlamb55555.56x
5Smailes51923.08x
6Goforth410000.00x
7Raylor420000.00x
8Wharram45000.00x
9Mosey32142.86x
10Caris15000.00x
11Cawkill13333.33x
12Haggard1625.00x
13Leason1555.56x
14Motley1454.55x
15Otterburn12500.00x
16Saltmer12500.00x